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The Earth Sciences Video Library features streaming videos of Stanford-produced features as well as movies supporting classroom instruction. We are currently switching the videos over to the Quicktime Streaming format. Videos that haven't been switched are in the Real Player format.
These videos are offered under the Fair Use Doctrine for distance education and classroom support. Viewing of copyrighted materials requires SUnet ID authorization and is limited to Stanford IP addresses.
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Rocks that Originate Underground
Explores the origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks, rocks formed inside the earth’s crust. Conditions required for forming intergrown crystalline mineral grains which are formed in igneous and metamorphic rocks are investigated - correlated with field occurrences. 23 min. |
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A Complete Suite Introduction
Described as a musical allegory of the application of continuum mechanics to structural geology and tectonics, the play "A Complete Suite" was offered by David Pollard and Ray Fletcher at the GSA Hot Topics Session in Reno NV on November 12, 2000. It was written to help stimulate discussion on the question, "Kinematics vs. Mechanics: Are only one or both useful rationales for understanding rock deformation?" as well as other questions related to the practice and scientific methodology of structural geology. In this introduction, David Pollard provides an insightful background to the questions that inspired the play. Produced by Dr. David Pollard. 7 min. |
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A Complete Suite: A Musical Allegory of Mechanics
Written for the GSA Hot Topics Session on November 12, 2000, this one act play is based on the premise that Handel has lost his compositional ability by neglecting note duration (kinematics), note intensity (dynamics), and tonal relations (constitutive laws). A mysterious storm blows Hopkins from the future and Hooke from the past to join Newton in Handel's studio. Using the analogy between music and mechanics they help Handel regain his muse, and conclude that only by virtue of a complete suite of relationships will either discipline produce pleasing results. Produced by Dr. David Pollard. 16 min. |
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Extension Faults
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Thrust Belt
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Experiments with the Bubble Model of a Metal Structure
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